Magma flows constantly flood and clear tunnels, gases from deep within the earth are thrust to the surface, and seismic activity can bring down a rain of crystal shards, more deadly than any volley of arrows. Whereas the Roil on the continent of Tazeem seems to affect the land from above, the Roil seems to affect Akoum from below. Instead, because of Zendikar's dynamic force known as the Roil, the whole region is plagued by a constant low-level instability. We would have no motivation to continue to the ruins if it were not that it's just as far back to Akoum's coast again."Īt the center of the sprawling region is a massive supervolcano-not precisely dormant, but in the last millennial cycle, there have been few major eruptions. We carry too much tinder and not enough water. These regions provide intense links to green mana, but these Blooms tend to survive only a year or two at the most. The elvish pilgrims that tend these regions refer to the event as a "Life Bloom," but don't tell that to anyone who gets trapped within the volcanic event, or who gets eaten by one of the carnivorous plants that often take root in its aftermath. For a time, the surface of Akoum will burst into beautiful and often-times bizarre flora.
From time to time a volcanic burst will bring gases and earth trapped for centuries up onto the surface. Beneath the surface is an impossibly old world, and many layers beneath the surface lay trapped pockets from ages past. The surface can reach incredible temperature extremes, as the omnipresent silicate stone reflects the sun's glaring light and will cook an unprepared traveler during the day just as quickly as that cold stone will freeze one at night.Īkoum is primarily aligned with red mana, as befits such a heavily volcanic region, but the crystal fields on the surface and the spires of semi-reflective rock help provide a white mana tie to the region as well. Edged beauty" defines the volcanic continent of Akoum more than any other concept-the crystalline fields shimmer in every imaginable color beneath the sun, but the deceptively sharp edges of even the most mundane surface stones will slice through leather and flesh if an unwary traveler should slip and fall.
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